The PPC 2025 interactive programme will be star studded and held in new format.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to engage with students, teachers, and parents in the eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2025. This year the interactive programme will be held in a new format and style and will bring more experts along with PM Modi. The interactive programme this year will be star studded and held in new format with a host of famous personalities.
The celebrities who will attend the programme are as follows:
- Sadhguru
- Deepika Padukone
- Mary Kom
- Avani Lekhara
- Rujuta Divekar
- Sonali Sabharwal
- FoodPharmer (Revant Himatsingka)
- Vikrant Massey
- Bhumi Pednekar
- Technical Guruji (Gaurav Chaudhary)
- Radhika Gupta
The programme will be held on February 10, 2025 at 11 am on multiple platforms including DD. It is conducted annually to help students of classes 6 to 12 overcome exam stress and pressure. Participants will have the chance to ask the Prime Minister questions during this interactive programme. Selected questions may feature in the event. Students participating in these sessions were drawn through a process of selection from the states / UTs, different educational organisations and national-level school competitions.
This year, 36 students from each state and UT, have been selected from State / UT Board Government schools, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sainik School, Eklavya Model Residential School, CBSE and Navodaya Vidyalaya to engage directly with the Prime Minister. Some of the students are alumni of the PRERANA school programme, winners of Kala Utsav and Veer Gatha.
PPC 2025 will be held in eight episodes. The first interaction with the Prime Minister will be telecast directly on Doordarshan, Swayam, Swayam Prabha, PMO YouTube channel and the social media channels of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of I&B.
PPC 2025 has achieved an unprecedented milestone with over 5 crore registrations from students, teachers, and parents across India and abroad. The online registration for PPC 2025 started on December 14, 2024 and concluded on January 14, 2025.
In line with the spirit of PPC, the following activities were scheduled in schools from January 12- 23, 2025.
- Indigenous games sessions
- Marathon runs
- Meme competitions
- Nukkad Natak
- Yoga-cum-meditation sessions
- Poster-making competitions
- Inspirational film screenings
- Mental health workshops and counselling sessions
- Poetry / song / performances
Launched in 2018, 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' (PPC) is an annual event in which PM Modi interacts with students, teachers and parents on ways to tackle exam-related stress.